News Stories

November 10, 2015

Twyla Cummings to receive prominent honor

Twyla J. Cummings, senior associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, has won the Printing Industries of America’s 2015 Naomi Berber Memorial Award.
November 9, 2015

Students raise money for tiger preservation

The RIT branch of the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition has planned a week of events to raise funds and awareness for tiger preservation this week.
November 6, 2015

Ebony Miller named CUE interim director

Ebony Miller, former program manager of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, has been named the center’s interim director.
November 6, 2015

RIT participates in initiative to fight extremism

Students in Saunders College of Business are participating in the P2P: Challenging Extremism Initiative, a program geared toward countering extremism with digital marketing.
November 6, 2015

Italian director Giovanna Taviani comes to RIT

Giovanna Taviani will conduct master classes for students of Italian, anthropology and film at RIT Nov. 10 and 11. Her documentary, “Ritorni,” will be shown at 7 p.m. Nov. 11.
November 6, 2015

RIT featured in global thought-leadership event

RIT and the Golisano Institute for Sustainability are playing key roles in the Disruptive Innovation Festival. RIT presenters will feature prominently Nov. 9 through 16.
November 6, 2015

Student sends supplies to troops

Meet Angelena Russo, a fourth-year computer engineering technology student and 92A specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve 490th Quartermaster Co. in Rochester.
November 5, 2015

Veterans Day Breakfast honors those who served

More than 500 people are expected to attend RIT's annual Veterans Day Breakfast, now in its fifth year. The event is 8 to 10 a.m. Nov. 11 in the Gordon Field House.
November 4, 2015

Tweets predict NBA player performance, says expert

Yang Yu, assistant professor of management information system in Saunders College of Business, has found that tweets from NBA players can predict their performance that night.
November 4, 2015

Evelyn Brister named first Fram Faculty Fellow

Evelyn Brister has been named the Fram Faculty Fellow in Applied Critical Thinking. She will assume her post immediately for the 2015-16 term.
November 4, 2015

Student wins microbiology research fellowship

Lucas Dailey, a fourth-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major, has been awarded an American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
November 4, 2015

RIT students vying for Hasbro top prize

“Hexes!!, The Card Game“, created by five RIT students, is one of five finalists in the Hasbro Gaming Lab and Indiegogo “Next Great Game“ contest.